Saved by Her by B E Brouillard

Author:B E Brouillard [Brouillard, B E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Rebecca went to work in a daze the next morning. Rising, dressing, the drive to the office. It all past by in a blur of activity that barely registered in her awareness. By the time lunch rolled around, she’d managed to bumble through several tasks…badly.

“Yo! Becky…Rebecca!” Fingers snapped in front of her nose. “Rebecca North! Calling Rebecca North!” Rosie snapped her fingers again. “Chick, if you’re not going to pay attention to me, at least have the good manners to tell me you’re not listening, rather than nodding and smiling blankly while I babble.”

“Ummm, what?” Becky blinked in slow-witted confusion.

“I just asked if you were planning on booking a ticket to the moon for the next Guns ‘n Roses concert, and you answered yes,” Rosie shot back, rolling her eyes. “Are you going to spend the rest of the day in zombie mode, or are you going to tell me what’s going on?”

Becky blinked again, rearranging the colored markers on her desk while she collected her thoughts. She frowned at an untouched coffee cup next to her workstation. What looked like it may once have been a decent cappuccino had gone cold and congealed at some point during the last couple of hours. She had absolutely no recollection of making the coffee or bringing it back to her desk. She rubbed her eyes, sighed.

“I’m so sorry, Rosie,” she apologized to her friend, “I had a bad night, and I’m a bit bleary today.”

“You don’t say,” Rosie replied. “You’ve been on autopilot for weeks, but today is the worst yet. You realize you’ve spent an hour regenerating a logo that we already submitted last week, right?”

Becky glanced at her screen in surprise. “What—? Oh jeez,” she muttered, scowling at the image centered in her design program. “What a waste of time.”

“Yip,” responded Rosie. “My sentiments exactly. And I’ve been feeling that way for days, hon. You know I love you like a sister, but this phase of yours is getting out of hand. I’ve covered for you at the last couple of meetings, but Jeff is starting to smell a rat. You can’t keep on like this, and to tell the truth, it’s making me grumpy. I have my own shit to deal with – I can’t be waiting around trying to catch the balls you drop. Especially when you refuse to tell me what’s going on!” She had her hands on her hips and was tapping her toe – typical ‘Rosie on the Warpath’ stance. Becky gave a weak smile; she honestly couldn’t blame her friend for her frustration. She’d known she’d let things slip a bit lately but hoped it wasn’t bad enough to be noticeable, but she’d been lying to herself. The advertising industry wasn’t kind to fumblers – deadlines happened daily, and if she missed one, the team felt it. The fact that no one else had picked up her chaotic emotional state yet meant that Rosie had been doing double-time to carry her. She felt awful.

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